A70558:52
A brief account concerning several of the agents of New-England, their negotiation at the…
A brief account concerning several of the agents of New-England, their negotiation at the Court of England with some remarks on the new charter granted to the colony of Massachusetts showing that all things duly considered, greater privileges than what are therein contained, could not at this time rationally be expected by the people there.A brief account concerning several of the agents of New-England, their negotiation at the Court of England with some remarks on the new charter granted to the colony of Massachusets shewing that all things duely considered, greater priviledges than what are therein contained, could not at this time rationally be expected by the people there.
London : s.n., 1691
Letter: AN EXTRACT of a LETTER (WRITTEN By some of the most Eminent Nonconformist Divines in Lo…
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AN EXTRACT of a LETTER (WRITTEN By some of the most Eminent Nonconformist Divines in London,) Concerning the NEW CHARTER Granted to the Colony of Massachusetts in NEW-ENGLAND.
AN EXTRACT of a LETTER (WRITTEN By some of the most Eminent Nonconformist Divines in London,) Concerning the NEW CHARTER Granted to the Colony of Massachusets in NEW-ENGLAND.
To the much Honoured General Court Assembled at Boston, in New-England.
Much Honoured Gentlemen,
WE must give this true Testimony of our much Esteemed and Beloved Brother, Mr. Increase Mather, That with inviolate Integrity, excellent Prudence, and unfainting Diligence, he has managed the great Business committed to his Trust. As he is instructed in the School of Heaven, to minister in the Affairs of the Soul; so he is furnished with a Talent, to transact Affairs of State. His Proceedings have been with that Caution and Circumspection, as is correspondent to the weight of his Commission. He with Courage and Constancy has pursued the Noble Scope of his Employment; and understanding the true Moment of things, has preferred the Public Good to the vain Conceits of some, that more might have been obtained, if peremptorily insisted on. Considering the open Opposition, and secret Arts, that have